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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Jun 5

    Crocodile kills Ethiopian pastor during lake baptismhttps://bbc.in/2Ll8jTc 

    5:51 AM - 5 Jun 2018
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    • Nahom Amare Waititu James🐬 Тимоти Таабаламуле Kelvin Dennis moseskaribe Rusasa Warioba Wambura Nyakiswahili Moe Daddy
    20 replies 119 retweets 87 likes
      1. Yahya Kifyatu‏ @Yahya_Kifyatu Jun 5
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        The good Ethiopean Pastor didn't follow PROTOCOL. JOHN (Yahya), the baptist, baptized people in RIVER (Jordan) water, NOT LAKE water. This should be a lesson to all those "PROPHET John (Yahya)" wannabes. I have spoken.😁🤣

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      1. Mofor Ndong‏ @mofor_ndong Jun 5
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        serves him and many of the other quack pastors out there right. where in the BIBLE are Christians mandated to be baptized and that they must do so by immersion

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      1. MAGEZI KIRIINJJU‏ @MAGEZIKIRIINJJU Jun 5
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        We need that Croc here in Uganda, too many quack pastors that can be served for lunch hour.

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      1. christopher khondowe‏ @christopherkhon Jun 5
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Sad. U dont play with fire

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      1. iEssien‏ @essienessien45 Jun 5
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Omg...quite pathetic.

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      1. Loving-EverySingle-Minute-Of-My-Life‏ @Tshire54968937 Jun 7
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        They will never learn. Sad.

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      1. Pacify Ethiopia‏ @authenthiopia Jun 6
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        RIP

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      1.  🇿🇲 #JusticeForVespers  🇿🇲‏ @TwentyKwacha Jun 5
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Fake pastors. Mama, give us a signal.

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      1. politique être humain‏ @last_roi Jun 5
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        They don’t learn

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      1. Bernard‏ @Thiongonjai Jun 5
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        It hates hypocrites and parasites

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      1. arufasi‏ @arufasi Jun 5
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        RIP

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      1.  ✨Kenya's Finest ✨‏ @siuye_ Jun 5
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        lol. ok what !!

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      1. Faith, Love, Toil‏ @drsmindlo Jun 5
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        congregants instead of telling the pastor to get out of the water...pic.twitter.com/TCGRbBxPxE

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      1. Faith, Love, Toil‏ @drsmindlo Jun 5
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        when you want to respond with a dis but you have to respect religion and a dead man....pic.twitter.com/yUwf4JVuYK

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      1. 《 Atropine 》 🇬🇭‏ @sizzla_joe Jun 5
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Haha..'holy spirit' death...

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      1. Johnson Skytos‏ @Skytoswin Jun 5
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Heyyyyy

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